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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical procedure does Kimiâ undergo at the end of Side A: Chapter 10?
(a) In vitro fertilization.
(b) A mammogram.
(c) Artificial insemination.
(d) A pap smear.

2. The translation of what type of texts helped Kimiâ to learn English?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Play scripts.
(c) Poems.
(d) Song lyrics.

3. Darius resigned from the newspaper called Keyhan when a SAVAK agent was appointed to what position?
(a) Lead writer.
(b) Editor-in-chief.
(c) Lead correspondent.
(d) Minister of propaganda.

4. Kimiâ calls 1979 "the year of" (193) what?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Implosion.
(c) Explosion.
(d) Tranquility.

5. Which one of Kimiâ's family members told her that if she kept up her behavior, people would think she was a lesbian?
(a) Mina.
(b) Leïli.
(c) Sara.
(d) Darius.

6. Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?
(a) Mina.
(b) Leïli.
(c) Kimiâ.
(d) Emma.

7. What is NOT listed as one of the activities in which Kimiâ had been engaging when she was chastised by a family member in Side A: Chapter 10?
(a) Laughing loudly.
(b) Jumping.
(c) Climbing trees.
(d) Spitting.

8. Which character watched as Darius walked toward the mailbox to send his letter in Side A: Chapter 8?
(a) Emma.
(b) Uncle Number Two.
(c) Kimiâ.
(d) Sara.

9. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She high-fives Kimiâ.
(b) She starts to sob.
(c) She screams.
(d) She kisses Kimiâ.

10. What activity does Kimiâ NOT mention as one of her favorite childhood activities?
(a) Running.
(b) Climbing trees.
(c) Skipping rope.
(d) Fishing.

11. What is NOT an adjective Kimiâ uses to describe Dr. Gautier?
(a) Old.
(b) Pale.
(c) Tall.
(d) Sun-deprived.

12. How many people were inside Darius's family's apartment the day it was raided?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) None.
(c) Scores.
(d) Several.

13. Kimiâ says of her teenage years, "I think of my body as my only" (270) what?
(a) Possession.
(b) Home.
(c) Sanctuary.
(d) Country.

14. At whom is a soldier pointing a pistol when Mina vomits on the soldier's pant leg?
(a) Sara.
(b) Ramin.
(c) Kimiâ
(d) Darius.

15. How many of the two most valued physical characteristics in the Sadr family does Kimiâ claim to exhibit?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 1 and a half.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group is said to have believed that Darius was "a bourgeois agent of the CIA" (237)?

2. Kimiâ is adamant when she tells the reader that which character felt responsible for all that had transpired in the Sadr family?

3. In what type of a dwelling did the Sadrs live after relocating to Paris?

4. Instead of going home from high school at lunchtime, Kimiâ began to go to what location?

5. What color are Darius's eyes?

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